The Human Religion, Chan Sect, Jie Sect, Literary Sect, and Western Religion were all branches of the Mystic Gate;
but the disciples of each sect only enjoyed the luck of their own sect and did not directly inherit the fortune boost of the entire Mystic Gate.
During The Investiture of the Gods, even though Jie Sect disciples suffered devastating casualties, the impact on the Mystic Gate as a whole was far less severe than Jieyin and Zhunti betraying their sect.
Jie Sect might have weakened, but as long as Tongtian remained, its sect lineage would not be severed;
given enough time, it could still develop once more and preach the Dao.
Jieyin and Zhunti, however, had taken the Western Religion, a branch of the Mystic Gate, and directly broken away from it. They established a new sect, renamed it the Buddhist Sect, and ceased worshipping Hongjun.
To the Six Saints of the Mystic Gate, the Mystic Gate's luck would always be their greatest safeguard.
As for the luck gained through creating humans or establishing a religion, that was merely the derivative development of their respective paths.
From Hongjun's perspective, or even that of the entire Mystic Gate;
having two out of six disciples defect, causing the Six Saints of the Mystic Gate to suddenly lose one-third of their number, was undoubtedly a heavy blow.
The suffering etched upon Jieyin's face, which had never truly faded, now seemed even heavier.
As Hongjun's Nominal Disciple, the fortune boost he received from the Mystic Gate had already been far less substantial than that of the Direct Disciples;
and now, another second-generation First Disciple personally acknowledged by Hongjun had appeared within the Mystic Gate.
What made his heart tighten was not merely status.
Jieyin had recognized Ling Yan's true form as the Five-Needle Pine,